When: Thursday, November 14, 2024 | 15:30-16:45
Where: CN Black Box Theatre
Department of Psychology, Deree — The American College of Greece

Organized by:
Department of Psychology, Deree – The American College of Greece

About the Event

Can you hear flashes? Taste words? See colored music? Do you experience multiple sensations at the same time? Maybe you have synesthesia! The research is revealing how individual differences in conscious perceptual experiences are linked to neurobiological differences and how they relate to cognition more broadly. The world-renowned researcher in the field of Cognitive Neuroscience and University of Sussex Professor, Jamie Ward, will give a talk to students and faculty about his work on synesthesia and let us have a glimpse into this amazing superpower!

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About the Speaker

Professor Jamie Ward is the Co-Director of Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarship Programme “From Sensation and Perception to Awareness” (2018-) and the Sussex REF lead for “Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience” (2022-present). He is also the President of the British Association of Cognitive Neuroscience, and Founding Editor of “Cognitive Neuroscience”. He is the author of two widely used textbooks i.e. The Student’s guide to Cognitive Neuroscience and The Student’s guide to Social Neuroscience. His research group is one of the world-leading centers for studying the phenomenon of synaesthesia. His present research examines how synaesthesia is linked to memory function and perceptual sensitivity.